This is a piece of proper world history, covering belief and
unbelief; trends in population, culture, business and society;
political frameworks, from absolute monarchs and dictators to
anarchists and proportional representation; and of course warfare.
Although born a European, Roberts can perceive the 20th century
marked the end of Europe's predominance in world affairs. He is far
too good a historian to prophesy; save that he concludes;
'self-destruction of the human species seems improbable because the
human being is a reflective, as well as a tool-making, animal.'
Distilled wisdom makes magnificent reading. Review by M R D FOOT
(Kirkus UK)
This dazzling overview of a turbulent century explores both dramatic events and underlying trends. Despite a terrible two-stage 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased dramatically alongside a four-fold leap in population, women's lives have been transformed, America has assumed undisputed political and cultural leadership - and China is now clearly awaiting its moment. J. M. Roberts's earlier Penguin History of the World was a publishing landmark which informed and delighted readers all over the planet. The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century is equally powerful, international and definitive.
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